Sa pag-angat ng mga karatula, pagwagayway ng mga bandera, at pag-alingawngaw ng mga boses ng mamamayan, hudyat nito ang pagsisimula nang pagmamarsta ng mga nagtipon sa University Avenue – University of the Philippines patungong Batasang Pambansa sa Commonwealth Avenue. Kuha ni Kimi Teves. Sa dami ng mga taong nasa paligid, sa dami ng mga kuwento…
Terminated contractual workers from various companies and pro-labor groups Kilusang Mayo Uno – Metro Manila, Defend Job Philippines and Alyansa ng mga Manggagawa Laban sa Kontraktwalisasyon (ALMA Kontraktwal) raised the issue of contractualization, wage hike and better working conditions in Monday’s State of the Nation Address protest in Commonwealth Avenue. PLDT, Jollibee, and workers from…
Journalists were also among the thousands who marched along Commonwealth Avenue yesterday for the United People’s SONA as they slammed the spate of killings of journalists and President Rodrigo Duterte’s attacks on the media. “Mula noon, 12 na sa hanay namin ang napapatay,” National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) Chair Nonoy Espina told…
AMID great fanfare in 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte signed an administrative order – his first – creating the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS). Mandated to look into and reduce the number if not completely stop the killing of journalists, the task force, under its executive director Joel Egco, has since then done neither….
On July 23, on the day the Philippine President delivered his third annual socio-economic report, thousands of people took to the streets to show the real state of the nation. Dubbed the United People’s SONA, groups from different political affiliations, including those from the worker, peasant, church, youth, and indigenous sector, marched along Commonwealth near…
In a consumer forum held in anticipation of the third State of the Nation Address, research group IBON debunked the Duterte administration’s avid defense of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law. The group said that contrary to government’s pronouncements, the tax program is not beneficial to the poor majority of Filipinos and…
For the longest time, burning of effigies and other cultural performances have been initiated during the annual State of the Nation Address (SONA) demonstrations. Having garnered enough fame to be a most-awaited feature of every mobilization, UGATLahi Artist Collective or UGATLahi stood out with its highly publicized initiatives on producing protest effigies that consisted mostly…
Ang North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) C-5 North Link o Segment 8.2 ay planong expressway na magdudugtong ng C-5 Road at Commonwealth Avenue sa North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) sa pamamagitan ng Mindanao Avenue. Ayon sa DPWH, nasa 8.35 km (7.85 km ayon sa NLEX Corp.) ang haba ng Segment 8.2 expressway na 2×2 (4-lane divided) at…